Obama’s Coming Oil Crackdown
Ben Lieberman, The Washington Times
How does $8-a-gallon gas sound? Few Americans would want to see that happen. Unfortunately, President-elect Barack Obama’s choices for the governments two highest energy posts have expressed a surprising level of comfort with sky-high gas prices.
As if that weren’t bad enough, the incoming Obama administration and new Congress have suggested they may reverse the pro-domestic oil drilling measures enacted since last summer. It is starting to look as though the change coming to Washington will bring bad news at the pump in the years ahead.
Tags: Barack Obama, Department of Energy, Oil Industry, OPEC

